Alur

E810860

Alur is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Alur people in northwestern Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Label Occurrences
Alur canonical 19

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Nilotic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Acholi language
Lango language
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
ethnicGroup Alur people
glottologCode alur1250
glottologName Alur
hasAlternativeName Aluric
Lur
linked to: Lurs
hasDialects Joka
Jonam
Panyimur
hasEthnologueEntry Alur
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
hasPhonologicalFeature tone contrast
vowel length contrast
hasPopulationRegion Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
linked to: Ituri Province

West Nile sub-region of Uganda
ISO639-3Code alz
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages
region East Africa
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
northwestern Uganda
subclassOf Luo language
Nilotic language
usedBy Alur people
usedIn education at primary level in some areas
local administration in parts of Uganda
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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